I have usually heard of companies scamming devs by getting free work out of them with take-home tests but I absolutely would have never believed something like that would have happened to me.

One of the companies I applied to sent me a take-home test. The test was kinda hard with some really complex designs I had to use on Figma. I was given two weeks to submit and I finished like 3 days before the deadline and turned it in.

The next day I got a generic rejection mail saying they moved on with other candidates. However, I was sent a Github repo I had to push my changes to. I got kicked out of it and they kept the code. No reviews, nothing just a generic rejection mail.

I know I have been had. It was so annoying cause I spent extra time after work doing that test, making sure the given design was pixel-perfect, and writing unit tests. Lessons learned. No more take-homes, as much as people despise hackkerank and codility screens they are so much better than these take-homes.

Shine your eyes before doing take homes o. If the design is too professional and looks like something that can be part of a larger application or sold as one, avoid it o.

I hope others use my experience to learn. Too many scammers out there nowadays.

Chai na wa!. The world is a jungle

Hmm this is bad. Cheer up man, more wins in the future for you.

ichidodo:
My current remote employ gave off that kind of vibes when i was applying to it...tests upon tests over long intervals that was leading to no where.. Until one test that nearly burst my brain and I just unloaded the whole sh**t on the recruiter, I believed he felt and knew I would try to trace him and strangle his neck...
unbeknownst to me, my employment letter was being typed the very moment I was busy giving the recruiter a piece of my mind.

Sadly funny and funnily sad

omo this is not nice at all, how do we differentiate between these scammers and the real ones now?

Any take home test is a SCAM

tensazangetsu20:
I have usually heard of companies scamming devs by getting free work out of them with take-home tests but I absolutely would have never believed something like that would have happened to me.

One of the companies I applied to sent me a take-home test. The test was kinda hard with some really complex designs I had to use on Figma. I was given two weeks to submit and I finished like 3 days before the deadline and turned it in.

The next day I got a generic rejection mail saying they moved on with other candidates. However, I was sent a Github repo I had to push my changes to. I got kicked out of it and they kept the code. No reviews, nothing just a generic rejection mail.

I know I have been had. It was so annoying cause I spent extra time after work doing that test, making sure the given design was pixel-perfect, and writing unit tests. Lessons learned. No more take-homes, as much as people despise hackkerank and codility screens they are so much better than these take-homes.

Shine your eyes before doing take homes o. If the design is too professional and looks like something that can be part of a larger application or sold as one, avoid it o.

I hope others use my experience to learn. Too many scammers out there nowadays.

They think they are wise now?!

*me ...brainstorms like Jimmy Neutron for an innovative solution for all these forms of bullshit:

Hmmm this is serious

Wow was it the same work, you showed me, the quality of that work was very good. Sorry bri

qtguru:
Wow was it the same work, you showed me, the quality of that work was very good. Sorry bri

The same o. They kicked me out of the repo they asked me to upload it to and sent a generic rejection mail.

tensazangetsu20:


The same o. They kicked me out of the repo they asked me to upload it to and sent a generic rejection mail.

The one with the Safari issue?

tensazangetsu20:


The same o. They kicked me out of the repo they asked me to upload it to and sent a generic rejection mail.

Sorry about that

DrLevi:

The one with the Safari issue?

Hi DrLevi, I want to send a PM to you.

tensazangetsu20:
I have usually heard of companies scamming devs by getting free work out of them with take-home tests but I absolutely would have never believed something like that would have happened to me.

One of the companies I applied to sent me a take-home test. The test was kinda hard with some really complex designs I had to use on Figma. I was given two weeks to submit and I finished like 3 days before the deadline and turned it in.

The next day I got a generic rejection mail saying they moved on with other candidates. However, I was sent a Github repo I had to push my changes to. I got kicked out of it and they kept the code. No reviews, nothing just a generic rejection mail.

I know I have been had. It was so annoying cause I spent extra time after work doing that test, making sure the given design was pixel-perfect, and writing unit tests. Lessons learned. No more take-homes, as much as people despise hackkerank and codility screens they are so much better than these take-homes.

Shine your eyes before doing take homes o. If the design is too professional and looks like something that can be part of a larger application or sold as one, avoid it o.

I hope others use my experience to learn. Too many scammers out there nowadays.

Thank you master

DrLevi:

The one with the Safari issue?

Yes o

tensazangetsu20:


Yes o

Omo! Now I'm hurt. It looked so good and seemed to have been so much work

Sorry man. I'm sure that dream job will make it all worth it

qtguru:


Hi DrLevi, I want to send a PM to you.

Sure, will be expecting it

tensazangetsu20:
I have usually heard of companies scamming devs by getting free work out of them with take-home tests but I absolutely would have never believed something like that would have happened to me.

One of the companies I applied to sent me a take-home test. The test was kinda hard with some really complex designs I had to use on Figma. I was given two weeks to submit and I finished like 3 days before the deadline and turned it in.

The next day I got a generic rejection mail saying they moved on with other candidates. However, I was sent a Github repo I had to push my changes to. I got kicked out of it and they kept the code. No reviews, nothing just a generic rejection mail.

I know I have been had. It was so annoying cause I spent extra time after work doing that test, making sure the given design was pixel-perfect, and writing unit tests. Lessons learned. No more take-homes, as much as people despise hackkerank and codility screens they are so much better than these take-homes.

Shine your eyes before doing take homes o. If the design is too professional and looks like something that can be part of a larger application or sold as one, avoid it o.

I hope others use my experience to learn. Too many scammers out there nowadays.

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Hi sir, I'm sorry about your experience, I was wondering if we could connect.

Sad. So these foreign companies defraud job prospects! I thought their jobs were all juicy and the companies are well off. Take heart bruh.

Sorry boss, better jobs on the way.

Sorry man.

Apologies about that Tensa. The truth is that for the hunting of these remote jobs people dey see many things. People on the outside assume it's all rosy and easy with a "juicy" pay. A lot of stuff like this happens especially for you devs. You cannot fully protect yourself. My experience has been to walk away when the take home task feels like the solution to a production software.

90% of software jobs on nairaland are scam

Post this on Reddit

Omo, I've been hearing of this stuff happening but now it's very glaring. Wow

From my experience so far, I've come to find out that a genuine take home test shouldn't be looking too "enterprise" standard.

It would always look very "basic-skill testing" kinda way, that would allow room for evaluating if you can apply the basics of your stack pretty well. Then it is usually followed by a technical interview afterwards.

tensazangetsu20:
I have usually heard of companies scamming devs by getting free work out of them with take-home tests but I absolutely would have never believed something like that would have happened to me.

One of the companies I applied to sent me a take-home test. The test was kinda hard with some really complex designs I had to use on Figma. I was given two weeks to submit and I finished like 3 days before the deadline and turned it in.

The next day I got a generic rejection mail saying they moved on with other candidates. However, I was sent a Github repo I had to push my changes to. I got kicked out of it and they kept the code. No reviews, nothing just a generic rejection mail.

I know I have been had. It was so annoying cause I spent extra time after work doing that test, making sure the given design was pixel-perfect, and writing unit tests. Lessons learned. No more take-homes, as much as people despise hackkerank and codility screens they are so much better than these take-homes.

Shine your eyes before doing take homes o. If the design is too professional and looks like something that can be part of a larger application or sold as one, avoid it o.

I hope others use my experience to learn. Too many scammers out there nowadays.

Post a review on TrustPilot and Glassdoor

no just die the mata. Drag them on every online dev community, freelance platform and company review sites until they call you to negotiate for the job done.

Sorry bro, before you do any take-home test next time, read up their Glassdoor comments. People would have warned not to do the take home assessments. I would advice going to Glassdoor to drop a comment on their company page about what they did, so others will learn.

Also, one red flag is that once you apply to a company & they send you a take home test without speaking to you first on a call, 9/10 they are scammers.

In addition, also kindly complain to GitHub Report Abuse
https://support.github.com/contact/report-abuse?category=report-abuse&report=other&report_type=unspecified
Though can't eliminate devilish, repugnant behaviours like this, it's a good this to insert name, pseudonym in multiple areas deep in the code embedded within comments.
PS : GitHub desktop gives you flexibility to keep 'as-is' copy as committed.

GitHub Report Abuse: Code collaboration should be safe for everyone, so we take abuse and harassment seriously at GitHub. We want to hear about harmful behavior on the site that violates GitHub’s Terms of Service. Let us know about a user or content you're concerned with. Rest assured, we’ll keep your identifying information private.

tensazangetsu20:
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One of the companies I applied to sent me a take-home test. The test was kinda hard with some really complex designs ... and I finished like 3 days before the deadline and turned it in.
... However, I was sent a Github repo I had to push my changes to. I got kicked out of it and they kept the code. No reviews, nothing just a generic rejection mail. ... Shine your eyes before doing take homes o. If the design is too professional and looks like something that can be part of a larger application or sold as one, avoid it o.
I hope others use my experience to learn. Too many scammers out there nowadays.

If there is no guarantee of pay for a take home test then it's a BIG SCAM